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Ethiopia: The Roof of Africa

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Cumulative Checklist

with Steve Rooke as leader

  • Column A = number of tours out of thirteen this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was recorded on the 2009 tour
  • Column C = greatest daily total for this species on the 2009 tour
  • Column D = N - nesting evident, H - heard only, (H) - mostly heard but seen at least once
  • Notes: E = Ethiopian and Eritrean endemic
A B C D
10 Somali Ostrich 1 2 Struthio molybdophanes
13 Little Grebe 6 20 Tachybaptus ruficollis
9 Great Crested Grebe 1 1 Podiceps cristatus
4 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
13 Great Cormorant 5 30 Phalacrocorax carbo
13 Long-tailed Cormorant 4 20 Phalacrocorax africanus
13 African Darter 3 3 Anhinga rufa
13 Great White Pelican 4 15 Pelecanus onocrotalus
12 Pink-backed Pelican 2 10 Pelecanus rufescens
4 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
13 Squacco Heron 5 20 Ardeola ralloides
13 Cattle Egret 10 100 Bubulcus ibis
10 Black Heron 2 5 Egretta ardesiaca
2 Western Reef Egret Egretta gularis
13 Little Egret 6 45 Egretta garzetta
13 Yellow-billed Egret 2 2 Egretta intermedia
13 Great Egret 4 5 Egretta alba
13 Purple Heron 3 2 Ardea purpurea
13 Grey Heron 6 4 Ardea cinerea
12 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
12 Goliath Heron 1 1 Ardea goliath
13 Hamerkop 7 40 Scopus umbretta
13 Yellow-billed Stork 4 5 Mycteria ibis
11 Black Stork Ciconia nigra
3 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
8 Wooly-necked Stork 2 16 Ciconia episcopus
7 White Stork 2 11 Ciconia ciconia
11 Saddle-billed Stork 1 2 Ephippiorhynchu senegalensis
13 Marabou Stork 7 200 Leptoptilos crumeniferus
12 Glossy Ibis 3 10 Plegadis falcinellus
13 Hadada Ibis 9 6 Bostrychia hagedash
13 Wattled Ibis E 6 200 Bostrychia carunculata
13 Sacred Ibis 11 100 Threskiornis aethiopica
12 African Spoonbill 2 4 Platalea alba
9 Greater Flamingo 5 '00s Phoenicopterus ruber
6 Fulvous Whistling Duck 3 450 Dendrocygna bicolor
13 White-faced Whistling Duck 6 100 Dendrocygna viduata
9 White-backed Duck 3 50 Thalassornis leuconotus
13 Blue-winged Goose E 4 15 Cyanochen cyanopterus
13 Egyptian Goose 9 200 Alopochen aegyptiacus
13 Ruddy Shelduck 2 6 Tadorna ferruginea
13 Spur-winged Goose 2 15 Plectopterus gambensis
13 Knob-billed Duck 2 15 Sarkidiornis melanotos
13 African Pygmy-Goose 2 5 Nettapus auritus
5 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
2 Cape Teal Anas capensis
13 Yellow-billed Duck 4 8 Anas undulata
9 African Black Duck 1 2 Anas sparsa
8 Northern Pintail 3 4 Anas acuta
9 Red-billed Duck 1 4 Anas erythrorhyncha
13 Hottentot Teal 3 5 Anas hottentot
10 Garganey 3 6 Anas querquedula
13 Northern Shoveler 4 10 Anas clypeata
11 Southern Pochard 1 10 Netta erythrophthalma
1 Ferruginous Duck 2 7 Aythya nyroca
7 Tufted Duck 1 2 Aythya fuligula
6 Maccoa Duck 1 6 Oxyura maccoa
7 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
5 European Honey Buzzard 1 1 Pernis apivorus
3 Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
13 Black-shouldered Kite 5 2 Elanus caeruleus
3 African Swallow-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
2 Black Kite Milvus migrans
13 Yelllow-billed Kite 15 200 Milvus (migrans) aegyptius
13 African Fish Eagle 6 30 Haliaeetus vocifer
13 Lammergeier 3 3 Gypaetus barbatus
13 Egyptian Vulture 6 20 Neophron percnopterus
13 Hooded Vulture 15 300 Necrosyrtes monachus
13 African White-backed Vulture 8 100 Gyps africanus
13 Rüppell’s Vulture 7 40 Gyps rueppellii
12 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus
10 White-headed Vulture 3 1 Trigonoceps occipitalis
5 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
11 Black-chested Snake Eagle 3 2 Circaetus pectoralis
4 Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
8 Western Banded Snake Eagle 1 2 Circaetus cinerascens
13 Bateleur 2 3 Terathopius ecaudatus
12 African Harrier-Hawk 2 3 Polyboroides typus
13 Pallid Harrier 2 2 Circus macrourus
13 Montagu's Harrier 2 3 Circus pygargus
13 Western Marsh Harrier 3 3 Circus aeruginosus
11 Gabar Goshawk 3 3 Melierax gabar
13 Dark Chanting-goshawk 5 2 Melierax metabates
13 Eastern Pale Chanting-Goshawk 2 6 Melierax poliopterus
7 African Goshawk Accipiter trachiro
7 Shikra Accipiter badius
10 Little Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter minullus
1 Ovampo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
4 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1 2 Accipiter nisus
8 Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter rufiventris
5 Great Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter melanoleucus
2 Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
10 Common Buzzard 3 1 Buteo buteo vulpinus
9 Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
13 Augur Buzzard 7 20 Buteo augur
10 Lesser Spotted Eagle 1 1 Aquila pomarina
8 Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
13 Tawny Eagle 11 12 Aquila rapax
13 Steppe Eagle 7 6 Aquila nipalensis
6 Eastern Imperial Eagle 1 1 Aquila heliaca
4 Golden Eagle 1 1 Aquila chrysaetos
13 Verreaux's Eagle 3 1 Aquila verreauxii
6 Wahlberg's Eagle 1 1 Aquila wahlbergi
4 Booted Eagle 3 2 Hieraaetus pennatus
12 Ayres's Hawk-Eagle 1 2 Hieraaetus ayresii
13 Long-crested Eagle 4 2 Lophaetus occipitalis
7 African Crowned Eagle 2 2 Stephanoaetus coronatus
2 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
8 Secretary Bird 1 1 Sagittarius serpentarius
13 Pygmy Falcon 1 1 Polihierax semitorquatus
7 Lesser Kestrel 2 8 Falco naumanni
13 Common Kestrel 12 4 Falco tinnunculus
9 Grey Kestrel 1 1 Falco ardosiaceus
1 Red-necked Falcon Falco chiquera
1 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
8 Eurasian Hobby 1 1 Falco subbuteo
1 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
3 Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
3 African Hobby Falco cuvierii
13 Lanner Falcon 3 2 Falco biarmicus
3 Saker Falco cherrug
11 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 Falco peregrinus
1 Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides
7 Vulturine Guineafowl 1 100 Acryllium vulturinum
13 Helmeted Guineafowl 6 50 Numida meleagris
4 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
4 Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
12 Moorland Francolin 1 6 Pternistis psilolaemus
12 Crested Francolin 4 4 Dendroperdix sephaena
7 Scaly Francolin 1 1 H Pternistis squamatus
2 Clapperton's Francolin 3 1 Pternistis clappertoni
1 Harwood's Francolin 1 1 Pternistis harwoodi
13 Chestnut-naped Francolin 3 6 Pternistis castaneicollis
11 Erckel's Francolin 1 8 Pternistis erckelii
13 Yellow-necked Spurfowl 5 4 Pternistis leucoscepus
13 Rouget's Rail E 4 5 Rougetius rougetii
13 Black Crake 1 10 Amaurornis flavirostris
1 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
4 Purple Gallinule 1 3 Porphyrio porphyrio
13 Common Moorhen 4 8 Gallinula chloropus
3 Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata
13 Red-knobbed Coot 3 40 Fulica cristata
13 Common Crane 3 20 Grus grus
13 Wattled Crane 2 3 Burgeranus carunculatus
13 Black Crowned Crane 2 3 Balearica pavonina
9 Arabian Bustard 2 3 Ardeotis arabs
12 Kori Bustard 4 3 Ardeotis kori
12 Buff-crested Bustard 3 5 Eupodotis ruficrista
10 White-bellied Bustard 3 5 Eupodotis senegalensis
3 Black-bellied Bustard Eupodotis melanogaster
7 Hartlaub's Bustard Eupodotis hartlaubii
3 Lesser Jacana 1 1 Microparra capensis
13 African Jacana 4 30 Actophilornis capensis
1 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
13 Black-winged Stilt 6 12 Himantopus himantopus
10 Pied Avocet 1 20 Recurvirostra avosetta
2 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
9 Senegal Thick-knee 1 3 Burhinus senegalensis
2 Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
4 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
2 Somali Courser 1 19 Cursorius somalensis
7 Temminck's Courser 1 5 Cursorius cursor
6 Heuglin's Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
4 Collared Pratincole 1 5 Glareola pratincola
3 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
2 Pratincole sp. Glareola sp
4 Little Ringed Plover 1 1 Charadrius dubius
11 Ringed Plover 1 2 Charadrius hiaticula
12 Kittlitz's Plover 1 50 Charadrius pecuarius
13 Three-banded Plover 3 2 Charadrius tricollaris
2 Pacific Golden Plover Charadrius fulva
1 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
9 African Wattled Plover Vanellus senegallus
12 Spot-breasted Plover E 1 90 Vanellus melanocephalus
3 Black-headed Plover Vanellus tectus
13 Spur-winged Plover 9 50 Vanellus spinosus
13 Black-winged Plover 3 30 Vanellus melanopterus
13 Crowned Plover 6 6 Vanellus coronatus
13 Little Stint 3 20 Calidris minuta
13 Temminck's Stint 3 2 Calidris temminckii
8 Curlew Sandpiper 10 4 Calidris ferruginea
13 Ruff 4 '000s Philomachus pugnax
9 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
4 African Snipe 1 2 Gallinago nigripennis
11 Black-tailed Godwit 2 15 Limosa limosa
1 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
2 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
12 Marsh Sandpiper 3 3 Tringa stagnatilis
13 Common Greenshank 4 4 Tringa nebularia
13 Green Sandpiper 6 4 Tringa ochropus
13 Wood Sandpiper 4 12 Tringa glareola
13 Common Sandpiper 10 4 Actitis hypoleucos
13 Grey-headed Gull 4 200 Larus cirrocephalus
13 Black-headed Gull 1 1 Larus ridibundus
3 Slender-billed Gull Larus genei
13 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 1 Larus fuscus
8 Heuglin's Gull 1 4 Larus heuglini
13 Gull-billed Tern 3 4 Sterna nilotica
2 Little Tern Sterna albifrons
11 Whiskered Tern 3 4 Childonias hybridus
13 White-winged Black Tern 2 40 Childonias leucopterus
9 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 1 100 Ptercoles exustus
9 Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse 1 4 Pterocles decoratus
13 Bruce's Green Pigeon 1 2 Treron waalia
10 Tambourine Dove 1 1 Turtur tympanistria
13 Blue-spotted Wood Dove 5 6 Turtur afer
7 Emerald-spotted Wood Dove 1 1 Turtur chalcospilos
13 Namaqua Dove 6 30 Oena capensis
11 Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
6 African Olive Pigeon 1 2 Columba arquatrix
13 Speckled Pigeon 14 100 Columba guinea
13 White-collared Pigeon E 4 00s Columba albitorques
6 Feral Pigeon Columba livia
13 Red-eyed Dove 6 200 Streptopelia semitorquata
13 African Mourning Dove 10 50 Streptopelia decipiens
1 Vinaceous Dove 1 2 Streptopelia vinacea
13 Ring-necked Dove 6 200 Streptopelia capicola
2 African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
2 African White-winged Dove 1 3 Streptopelia reichenowi
3 Eurasian Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
13 Dusky Turtle Dove 5 200 Streptopelia lugens
13 Laughing (Palm) Dove 11 100 Streptopelia senegalensis
13 African Orange-bellied Parrot 4 3 Poicephalus rufiventris
13 Yellow-fronted Parrot E 2 5 Poicephalus flavifrons
13 Black-winged Lovebird E 5 6 Agapornis taranta
13 White-cheeked Turaco 3 10 Tauraco leucotis
2 Prince Ruspoli's Turaco 2 1 Tauraco ruspolii
6 Bare-faced Go-away-bird Corythaixoides personata
13 White-bellied Go-away-bird 8 30 Corythaixoides leucogaster
12 Eastern Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
4 Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator Jacobinus
2 Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
2 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
1 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
9 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
2 African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus
10 Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
8 Diederik Cuckoo 1 1 Chrysococcyx caprius
12 White-browed Coucal 3 2 Centropus supercilliosus
6 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
12 Blue-headed Coucal 1 1 Centropus monachus
4 African Scops Owl 1 1 Otus senegalensis
5 Northern White-faced Scops Owl Otus leucotis
4 Cape Eagle Owl 1 1 Bubo capensis
12 Greyish Eagle-Owl 1 2 Bubo cinerascens
8 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl 1 1 Bubo lacteus
13 Pearl Spotted Owlet 1 1 Glaucidium perlatum
4 African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
5 Abyssinian Long-eared Owl 1 1 Asio abyssinicus
13 Slender-tailed Nightjar 5 4 Caprimulgus clarus
6 Montane Nightjar 1 2 Caprimulgus poliocephalus
4 Donaldson Smith's Nightjar 1 1 Caprimulgus donaldsoni
4 Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
10 Freckled Nightjar 2 1 Caprimulgus tristigma
6 Mottled Swift 1 30 Apus aequatorialis
7 African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
13 Nyanza Swift 2 200 Apus niansae
9 Common Swift 3 40 Apus apus
1 Horus Swift Apus horus
11 Little Swift 1 2 Apus affinis
8 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
13 Blue-naped Mousebird 7 6 Urocolius macrourus
13 Speckled Mousebird 11 30 Colius striatus
10 Narina's Trogon 1 1 Apaloderma narina
9 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
13 Woodland Kingfisher 4 6 Halcyon senegalensis
13 Striped Kingfisher 5 2 Halcyon chelicuti
12 African Pygmy Kingfisher 2 2 Ceyx pictus
13 Malachite Kingfisher 3 12 Alcedo cristata
6 Half-collared Kingfisher 2 1 Alcedo semitorquata
8 Giant Kingfisher Ceryle maxima
13 Pied Kingfisher 3 20 Ceryle rudis
13 Little Bee-eater 10 15 Merops pusillus
13 Blue-breasted Bee-eater 5 10 Merops variegatus
6 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 1 2 Merops persicus
1 Madagascar Bee-eater Merops supercilliosus
6 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
13 Northern Carmine Bee-eater 5 40 Merops nubicus
13 Rufous-crowned Roller 4 4 Coracias naevia
13 Abyssinian Roller 7 12 Coracias abyssinica
4 Eurasian Roller Coracias garrulus
13 Lilac-breasted (throated) Roller 2 8 Coracias caudata lorti
3 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
13 Black-billed Wood-Hoopoe 4 6 Phoeniculus somaliensis
7 Black Scimitarbill 2 4 Rhinopomastus aterrimus
12 Abyssinian Scimitarbill 3 4 Rhinopomastus minor
12 Eurasian Hoopoe 8 15 Upupa epops
13 (Northern) Red-billed Hornbill 8 20 Tockus erythrorhynchus
13 Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill 2 15 Tockus flavirostris
13 Von Der Decken's Hornbill 3 6 Tockus deckeni
13 Hemprich's Hornbill 5 6 Tockus hemprichii
7 Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus
13 African Grey Hornbill 3 10 Tockus nasutus
13 Silvery-cheeked Hornbill 5 20 Bycanistes brevis
13 Abyssinian Ground Hornbill 8 5 Bucorvus abyssinicus
12 Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
11 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird 2 2 Pogoniulus chrysoconus
13 Red-fronted Barbet 3 4 Tricholaema diademata
9 Black-throated Barbet 2 2 Tricholaema melanocephala
13 Banded Barbet E 4 5 Lybius undatus
13 Black-billed Barbet 4 1 Lybius guifsobalito
13 Double-toothed Barbet 2 3 Lybius bidentatus
8 Red-and-yellow Barbet 1 3 Trachyphonus erthyrocephalus
12 Yellow-breasted Barbet 2 4 Trachyphonus margaritatus
13 D'Arnaud's Barbet 1 8 Trachyphonus darnaudii
6 Green-backed Honeybird 1 1 Prodotiscus zambesiae
3 Wahlberg's Honeyguide 2 1 Prodotiscus regulus
3 Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
7 Greater Honeyguide 1 1 Indicator indicator
11 Lesser Honeyguide 2 1 Indicator minor
9 Eurasian Wryneck 4 1 Jynx torquilla
10 Red-throated Wryneck 1 1 Jynx ruficollis
13 Nubian Woodpecker 6 2 Campethera nubica
13 Abyssinian Woodpecker E 1 2 Dendropicos abyssinicus
11 Cardinal Woodpecker 2 1 Dendropicos fuscescens
11 Bearded Woodpecker 4 3 Thripias namaquus
13 Grey-headed Woodpecker 2 3 Dendropicos spodocephalus
11 Singing Bush Lark 1 2 Mirafra cantillans
8 Red-winged Lark Mirafra hypermetra
10 Foxy Lark 2 1 Calendula alopex
10 Gillet's Lark 1 1 Mirafra gilleti
2 Sidamo Lark 1 6 Heteromirafra sidamoensis
2 Bimaculated Lark 1 1 Melanocorypha bimaculata
3 Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
12 Erlanger's Lark E 2 5 Calandrella erlangeri
2 Somali Short-toed Lark 1 12 Calandrella somalica
13 Thekla Lark 4 20 Galerida theklae
12 Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark 2 6 Eremopterix leucotis
11 Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signata
11 Black Sawwing 4 200 Psalidoprocne pristoptera
13 Plain Martin 8 100 Riparia paludicola
13 Sand Martin 6 100 Riparia riparia
4 Banded Martin Riparia cincta
4 Grey-rumped Swallow 1 2 Pseudhirundo grisopyga
11 Mosque Swallow Hirundo senegalensis
10 Lesser Striped-Swallow Hirundo abyssinica
13 Red-rumped Swallow 1 2 Hirundo daurica
13 Rock Martin 7 20 Hirundo fuligula
2 Pale Crag Martin Hirundo fuligula obsoleta
13 Wire-tailed Swallow 5 15 Hirundo smithii
12 White-tailed Swallow E 2 12 Hirundo megaensis
11 Ethiopian Swallow 3 20 Hirundo aethiopica
8 Red-chested Swallow 1 2 Hirundo lucida
13 Barn Swallow 13 200 Hirundo rustica
13 Common House Martin 1 50 Delichon urbica
13 Yellow Wagtail 12 100 Motacilla flava
13 Grey Wagtail 1 2 Motacilla cinerea
13 Mountain Wagtail 1 5 Motacilla clara
13 White Wagtail 1 1 Motacilla alba
12 African Pied Wagtail 2 2 Motacilla aguimp
1 Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
11 Grassland Pipit 1 3 Anthus cinnamomeus
5 Long-billed Pipit 1 2 Anthus similis
9 Plain-backed Pipit 2 1 Anthus leucophrys
11 Tawny Pipit 1 3 Anthus campestris
12 Tree Pipit 2 6 Anthus trivialis
13 Red-throated Pipit 3 5 Anthus cervinus
12 Abyssinian Longclaw E 1 4 Macronyx flavicollis
8 Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike 2 2 Campephaga phoenicea
6 Grey Cuckoo-shrike Coracina caesia
3 Northern Brownbul 1 2 Phyllastrephus strepitans
13 Common Bulbul 11 30 Pycnonotus barbatus schoanus
1 Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus spurius
3 Somali' Bulbul 3 20 Pycnonotus barbatus somaliensis
1 Dodson's Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus dodsoni
4 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
11 Common Nightingale 2 1 Luscinia megarhynchos
13 Rüppell's Robin-Chat 5 2 Cossypha semirufa
11 White-browed Robin Chat 1 1 Cossypha heuglini
10 Spotted Palm Thrush 1 2 Cichladusa guttata
13 White-browed Scrub-Robin 3 2 Cercotrichas leucophrys
2 Rufous Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
4 Black Scrub Robin 1 2 Cercotrichas podobe
13 Common Redstart 5 10 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
8 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maura
13 African Stonechat 1 3 Saxicola torquata
7 Whinchat 1 2 Saxicola rubetra
13 Northern Wheatear 3 1 Oenanthe oenanthe
13 Pied Wheatear 11 20 Oenanthe pleschanka
3 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka vittata
3 Cyprus Pied Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
9 Black-eared Wheatear 2 1 Oenanthe hispanica
13 Abyssinian Black Wheatear E 3 2 Oenanthe lugubris
2 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
13 Red-breasted Wheatear 2 20 Oenanthe bottae
13 Isabelline Wheatear 11 40 Oenanthe isabellina
3 Sombre Chat E 1 2 Cercomela dubia
12 Blackstart 1 4 Cercomela melanura
13 Moorland Chat 3 50 Cercomela sordida
13 Rüppell's Black Chat E 1 15 Myrmecocichla melaena
13 Mocking Cliff Chat 6 6 Myrmecocichla cinnamomeiventris
13 White-winged Cliff Chat E 1 4 Myrmecocichla semirufa
11 Little Rock Thrush 3 2 Monticola rufocinereus
12 Common Rock Thrush 3 1 Monticola saxatilis
7 Blue Rock Thrush 3 1 Monticola solitarius
12 Abyssinian Ground Thrush 1 3 Zoothera piaggiae
13 Groundscraper Thrush 4 30 Psophocichla litsipsirupa simensis
13 Mountain (Olive) Thrush 8 30 Turdus (olivaceus) abyssinicus
13 African Thrush 3 2 Turdus pelios
12 Bare-eyed Thrush 1 3 Turdus tephronotus
13 Cinnamon Bracken Warbler 1 3 Bradypterus cinnamomeus
12 Sedge Warbler 1 1 Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
7 European Reed Warbler 1 1 Acrocephalus scirpaceus
6 African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus
4 European Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
3 Great Reed Warbler Acrocepahlus arundinaceus
13 Lesser Swamp Warbler 1 3 Acrocephalus gracilirostris
13 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 5 6 Hippolais pallida
2 Upcher's Warbler 1 1 Hippolais languida
13 Yellow-bellied Eremomela 6 4 Eremomela icteropygialis
3 Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
13 Northern Crombec 2 2 Sylvietta brachyura
13 Red-faced Crombec 6 8 Sylvietta whytii
2 Somali Crombec Sylvietta isabellina
13 Willow Warbler 9 10 Phylloscopus trochilus
11 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
2 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
13 Brown Woodland Warbler 1 3 Phylloscopus umbrovirens
4 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
13 Blackcap 6 4 Sylvia atricapilla
13 Common Whitethroat 2 1 Sylvia communis
13 Lesser Whitethroat 3 6 Sylvia curruca
4 Ménétries's Warbler 2 1 Sylvia mystacea
8 Brown Parisoma Parisoma lugens
5 Bale' Parisoma 1 2 Parisoma lugens griseaventris
9 Banded Parisoma 2 2 Parisoma boehmi
8 Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
6 Singing Cisticola 2 1 Cisticola cantans
13 Rattling Cisticola 3 6 Cisticola chiniana
13 Boran Cisticola 2 6 Cisticola bodessa
10 Ashy Cisticola 1 1 Cisticola cinereola
12 Ethiopian Cisticola Cisticola lugubris
3 Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
7 Tiny Cisticola 1 1 Cisticola nanus
2 Siffling Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
4 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola uncidis
7 Desert Cisticola 1 1 Cisticola aridulus
4 Pectoral-patch Cisticola 1 6 Cisticola brunnescens
13 Tawny-flanked Prinia 5 3 Prinia subflava
9 Pale Prinia 1 1 Prinia somalica
7 Red-fronted Warbler 1 4 Spiloptila rufifrons
13 Buff-bellied Warbler 3 6 Phyllolais pulchella
13 Yellow-breasted Apalis 3 6 Apalis flavida
13 Grey-backed Camaroptera 6 6 Camaroptera brachyura
13 Grey Wren Warbler 4 2 Camaroptera simplex
13 Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher E 3 8 Melaenornis chocolatinus
13 Northern Black Flycatcher 7 6 Melaenornis edoliodes
6 Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus
13 African Grey Flycatcher 6 20 Bradornis microrhynchus
12 Spotted Flycatcher 3 2 Muscicapa striata
13 African Dusky Flycatcher 5 15 Muscicapa adusta
13 African Paradise-Flycatcher 5 3 Terpsiphone viridis
11 Brown-throated Wattle-eye 1 2 Platysteira cyanea
13 Grey-headed Batis 4 4 Batis orientalis
13 Black-headed Batis 4 4 Batis minor
4 Pygmy Batis 1 3 Batis perkeo
12 African Hill Babbler 2 1 Pseudoalcippe abyssinica
13 White-rumped Babbler 4 8 Turdoides l. leucopygius
1 White-rumped Babbler 1 4 Turdoides leucopygius limbata
13 Rufous Chatterer 5 10 Turdoides rubiginosus
3 Scaly Chatterer 1 5 Turdoides aylmeri
13 Abyssinian Catbird E 2 4 Parophasma galinieri
13 Northern Grey Tit 2 4 Parus thruppi
13 White-backed Black Tit E 2 2 Parus leuconotus
10 White-winged Black Tit 2 2 Parus leucomelas
13 Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit 3 3 Anthoscopus musculus
12 Spotted Creeper 2 4 Salpornis spilonotus
13 Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird 2 8 Anthreptes orientalis
4 Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
13 Scarlet-chested Sunbird 4 2 Chalcomitra senegalensis
13 Tacazze Sunbird 6 40 Nectarinia tacazze
2 Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
8 Nile Valley Sunbird 2 4 Hedydipna metallica
13 Beautiful Sunbird 5 20 Cinnyris pulchella
13 Marico Sunbird 3 20 Cinnyris mariquensis
1 Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinnoides
13 Shining Sunbird 3 10 Cinnyris habessinica
13 Variable Sunbird 6 30 Cinnyris venusta
12 Abyssinian White-eye 1 5 Zosterops abyssinicus
13 Montane White-eye 3 10 Zosterops poliogaster
13 Common Fiscal 7 10 Lanius collaris
1 Taita Fiscal 1 6 Lanius dorsalis
13 Somali Fiscal 2 6 Lanius somalicus
12 Masked Shrike 6 6 Lanius nubicus
13 Grey-backed Fiscal 2 8 Lanius excubitoroides
13 Southern Grey Shrike 3 2 Lanius meridionalis
13 Isabelline Shrike 1 5 Lanius isabellinus
10 Red-backed Shrike 2 1 Lanius collurio
13 Woodchat Shrike 2 6 Lanius senator
13 Northern White-crowned Shrike 7 10 Eurocephalus rueppelli
9 Grey-headed Bush-Shrike 2 2 Malaconotus blanchoti
12 Sulphur-breasted Bush-Shrike 2 4 Malaconotus sulfureopectus
13 Rosy-patched Bush-Shrike 3 3 Rhodophoneus cruentus
5 Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
13 Black-crowned Tchagra 5 4 Tchagra senegala
13 Northern Puffback 4 4 Dryoscopus gambensis
4 Pringle's Puffback 1 2 Dryoscopus pringlii
12 Slate-coloured Boubou 10 6 Laniarius funebris
4 Red-naped Bushshrike 2 2 Laniarius ruficeps
13 Ethiopian Boubou 4 2 Laniarius aethiopicus
13 Brubru 7 3 Nilaus afer
9 White-crested Helmetshrike 3 6 Prionops plumatus
13 Black-headed Oriole 4 4 Oriolus larvatus
13 Abyssinian Oriole E 1 8 Oriolus monacha
8 Eurasian Golden Oriole 1 1 Oriolus oriolus
13 Fork-tailed Drongo 10 12 Dicrurus adsimilis
13 Cape Rook 6 10 Corvus capensis
13 Dwarf Raven 3 20 Corvus edithae
13 Pied Crow 11 10 Corvus albus
13 Fan-tailed Raven 12 8 Corvus rhipidurus
13 Thick-billed Raven E 10 12 Corvus crassirostris
11 Red-billed Chough 1 12 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
13 Stresemann's Bush Crow E 2 20 Zavattariornis stresemanni
13 Red-winged Starling 1 20 Onychognathus morio
5 Bristle-crowned Starling 1 3 Onychognathus salvadorii
13 White-billed Starling E 1 6 Onychognathus albirostris
13 Slender-billed Starling 3 300 Onychognathus tenuirostris
12 Greater Blue-eared Starling 10 80 Lamprotornis chalybaeus
2 Lesser Blue-eared Starling 2 2 Lamprotornis chloropterus
13 Rüppell's Long-tailed Starling 5 40 Lamprotornis purpuropterus
12 Golden-breasted Starling 3 20 Cosmopsarus regius
13 Shelley's Starling 1 9 Lamprotornis shelleyi
13 Superb Starling 11 100 Lamprotornis superbus
13 White-crowned Starling 3 20 Spreo albicapillus
2 Magpie Starling 1 3 Speculipastor bicolor
4 Sharpe's Starling 1 12 Cinnyricinclus sharpii
6 Violet-backed Starling 1 2 Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
13 Wattled Starling 2 6 Creatophora cinerea
13 Red-billed Oxpecker 4 6 Buphagus erythrorhynchus
13 Swainson's Sparrow 10 50 Passer swainsonii
7 Shelley's Rufous Sparrow 2 2 Passer rufocinctus
6 Chestnut Sparrow 1 2 Passer eminibey
1 Bush Petronia 1 1 Petronia dentata
13 Yellow-spotted Petronia 6 10 Petronia pyrgita
1 Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
12 Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver 2 15 Bubalornis niger
13 White-headed Buffalo-Weaver 7 20 Dinemellia dinemelli
13 White-browed Sparrow-Weaver 6 12 Plocepasser mahali
1 Speckle-fronted Weaver 1 12 Sporopipes frontalis
13 Grey-capped Social Weaver 1 100 Pseudonigrita arnaudi
2 Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigritta cabanisi
10 Red-headed Weaver 4 2 Anaplectes rubriceps
13 Baglafecht Weaver 5 12 Ploceus baglafecht
9 Little Weaver 3 3 Ploceus luteolus
12 Spectacled Weaver 3 1 Ploceus ocularis
7 Lesser Masked Weaver 3 12 Ploceus intermedius
12 Vitelline Masked Weaver 2 8 Ploceus velatus
13 Rüppell's Weaver 4 10 Ploceus galbula
7 Speke's Weaver 1 15 Ploceus spekei
10 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
1 Juba Weaver 1 10 Ploceus dichrocephalus
5 Chestnut Weaver 1 12 Ploceus rubiginosus
10 Grosbeak Weaver 2 2 Amblyospiza albifrons
10 Red-billed Quelea 1 1 Quelea quelea
7 Northern Red Bishop 1 10 Euplectes franciscanus
1 Black-winged Red Bishop 1 20 Euplectes hardeaceus
9 Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
13 Yellow Bishop 1 20 Euplectes capensis
9 Red-collared Widowbird 1 3 Euplectes ardens
2 Abyssinian Crimsonwing 1 7 Cryptospiza salvadorii
12 Yellow-bellied Waxbill 4 6 Coccopygia quartinia
3 Abyssinian Waxbill Estrilda (paludicola) ochrogaster
8 Crimson-rumped Waxbill 5 12 Estrilda rhodopyga
11 Common Waxbill 6 20 Estrilda astrild
11 Black-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda charmosyna
13 Red-cheeked Cordonbleu 12 50 Uraeginthus bengalus
12 Purple Grenadier 4 4 Uraeginthus ianthinogaster
10 Green-winged Pytilia 1 4 Pytilia melba
13 Red-billed Firefinch 4 2 Lagonosticta senegala
1 African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
13 Cut-throat Finch 4 4 Amadina fasciata
2 African Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
2 Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava
13 Bronze Mannikin 3 6 Lonchura cucullata
1 Black-and-white Mannikin Lonchura bicolor
10 African Silverbill 2 6 Lonchura cantans
1 Cuckoo Finch Anomalspiza imberbis
13 Pin-tailed Whydah 3 1 Vidua macroura
10 Eastern Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
2 Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
8 Straw-tailed Whydah 1 1 Vidua fischeri
13 Village Indigobird 5 4 Vidua chalybeata
13 African Citril 3 10 Serinus citrinelloides
12 Reichenow's Seedeater 4 20 Serinus reichenowi
1 White-throated Seedeater E 1 1 Serinus xanthopygius
12 White-bellied Canary 2 6 Serinus dorsostriatus
3 Northern Grosbeak Canary Serinus donaldsoni
13 Streaky Seedeater 4 30 Serinus striolatus
13 Brown-rumped Seedeater 6 20 Serinus tristiatus
13 Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus canicollis
13 Black-headed Siskin E 3 200 Serinus nigriceps
13 Somali Bunting 3 6 Emberiza poliopleura
13 Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 2 2 Emberiza tahpisi
13 Striolated Bunting 1 8 Emberiza striolata
13 Ortolan Bunting 2 2 Emberiza hortulana

Non-Established Exotics
11 Lesser Flamingo 3 '000s Phoeniconaias minor

Mammals and Other Creatures
Guereza Colobus Colobus guereza
Sacred Baboon Papio hamadryas
Olive Baboon Papia anubis
Gelada E Theropithecus gelada
Grivet Monkey Cercopithecus aethiops
Bale Monkey Cercopithecus djamdjamensis
Somali Galago Galago gallarum
Starck's Hare Lepus starcki
Unstriped Ground Squirrel Xerus rutilus
Striped Ground Squirrel Euxerus erythrops
Gambian Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus gambianus
Giant Root Rat E Tachryoryctes macrocephalus
Ethiopian Meadow Rat Stenocephalemys griseicauda
Ethiopian Wolf E Canis simensis
Ichneumon (Egyptian) Mongoose Herpestes ichncumon
Striped Hyaena Hyeana hyeana
Caracal Caracal caracal
Lion Pantheo leo
Ethiopian Rock Hyrax Procavia habessinica
Yellow-spotted (Bush) Hyrax Heterohyrax brucei
Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus
Common Genet Geneta geneta
Bushbuck Ragelaphus scriptus meneliki
Mountain Nyala E Tragelaphus buxtoni
Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Bush Duiker Sylvicarpa grimmia
Klipspringer Oreotragus oreostragus
Salt's Dikdik Madoqua saltiana
Guenther's Dikdik Madoqua guentheri
Soemmerring's Gazelle E Gazella soemmerringi
Bohors Reedbuck Redunca redunca
Swaynes Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus swaynei
Zebra Hippotigris quagga
Rock Python Python sebae

Mammals
Scrub Hare Lepus saxatilis
Common (Golden) Jackal Canis aureus
Black-backed Jackal Canis mesomelus
Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis
Spotted Hyaena Crocuta crocuta
Wild Cat Felis syvestris
Serval Cat Felis serval
Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius
Lesser Kudu Tragelaphus imberbis
Gerenuk Litocranius walleri
Grant's Gazelle Gazella granti
Beisa Oryx Oryx beisa
Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus wahlbergi

Reptiles
Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus
Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus
Leopard Tortoise Geochelone Pardalis

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